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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?
(a) tyranny and ordinary
(b) democrat and republican
(c) private and political
(d) open and closed

2. What is the first right of a sovereign power?
(a) the right to remain in power
(b) the right to live in a palace
(c) the right to own slaves
(d) the right to keep changing the laws to its advantage

3. How does Hobbes suggest that people reason?
(a) By mathematical equations
(b) By counting on fingers and toes
(c) By first getting burned
(d) By adding or subtracting two thoughts

4. What is the sovereign power, whether it is an individual or an assembly?
(a) a king and his court
(b) the representative of the commonwealth
(c) the courts
(d) the senate

5. Where can a monarch go for advice?
(a) public opinion polls
(b) special elections
(c) only to God
(d) counsel he has appointed for that purpose

6. How does Hobbes describe his compound imagination?
(a) Like seeing a man and a horse and imagining a centaur
(b) Like seeing an appl and an orange and imagining a melon
(c) Like seeing a dog and a cat and imagining a kangaroo
(d) Like seeing a carriage and a house and imagining a train

7. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?
(a) a choice of weapons
(b) a strong militia
(c) strong churches
(d) civil laws

8. In his comparison of the commonwealth to the body, what does Hobbes identify as the role of the sovereign?
(a) the head of the commonwealth, which is the mind
(b) the spine of the commonwealth, which keeps it erect
(c) the soul of the commonwealth, which is the body
(d) the father of the commonwealth, which is his responsibility

9. What seems to be a contradiction in Hobbes' attitude toward protest?
(a) People cannot protest but they can camgaign for change.
(b) People can protest but they cannot organize.
(c) People are legally able to protest a political system, but not against the sovereign.
(d) People can legally protest but they can only do it openly.

10. What does Hobbes call a dominion acquired by conquest?
(a) Democratic
(b) Natural
(c) Impoversihed
(d) Despotical

11. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?
(a) surrendering his life and his possessions
(b) doing the right thing
(c) depending on the commonwealth
(d) practicing the Golden Rule

12. What is an example of Hobbes' unprovable discourse?
(a) the law of gravity
(b) which way the wind blows
(c) whether cows talk
(d) if God exists or not

13. What are some of his voluntary motions?
(a) functions like pulse and respiration
(b) internals like digesting and breathing
(c) feelings like desire, appetite, love and hate
(d) activities like hearing and seeing

14. What example does Hobbes give to support his idea that just banding together is not enough for protection?
(a) Twenty sheep cannot fight off a pack of wolves.
(b) A flock of birds cannot defeat the cat.
(c) Two families joined are not powerful enough to combat three families.
(d) A hundred rabbits can scare a hunter.

15. What is a fundamental interest on the part of a counselor?
(a) to deceive the people
(b) to get his own way
(c) for the good of those that he counsels
(d) to hide his motives

Short Answer Questions

1. What is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?

2. What does Hobbes accept when peace is impossible?

3. What can the commonwealth do to check bad behavior of its citizens?

4. How does Hobbes define a pact or covenant?

5. How does Hobbes classify the person or group of people who have someone speak for them?

(see the answer keys)

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